Web Dropin # 5

The Confederate Flag- Heritage or Hatred?

Introduction: Think about symbols that are significant in your life and what they represent to you.

                                                               


While driving home today, I saw a bumper sticker with a picture of the confederate flag .   
My immediate reaction was one of disgust at what the symbol of confederate flag represented to me- hatred and slavery.  As I got closer, I read the remainder of the bumber sticker:
                                     "Heritage, Not Hatred "
I decided to challenge my immediate reaction and research the confederate flag as well as opposing points of view.


Activity:  Use your social students notebooks for the following activities.

Click on the following website for The History of the Confederate Flag.

I. Construct a time-line to show the history of the confederate flag starting in 1860 through 1961.             Choose at least 5 important dates for the time-line.
 
II.  After reading opposing opinions from the websites below regarding the confederate flag, write if         you believe it represents "Heritage or Hatred".  Support your opinion with at least two reasons.


1. The Confederate Flag- A symbol of Southern Culture, Heritage and Sovreignty, Not Racial Hatred.

2.Confederate flag represents hatred.